10:00 - 16:00

Level: Beginner and up

On this workshop you will paint a portrait of your own house (and you could make all those changes you have been dreaming about e.g. change the colour of the front door, tidy up the garden, clean the roof etc!) We will start by reviewing all the images so that we know which techniques to cover during the workshop before we get to work eg brick work, reflections, trees and so on. Next we will trace the outline image onto watercolour paper. After that we will prepare the line drawing in black line and will add watercolour, refining this as we go through the day Janina will lead you through all the steps involved and there will be lots of encouragement and time to ask questions.

What to bring:

• Please print out the main image of your house that you want to paint, and in the size you want to paint it (as we will be tracing). Suggest you print at A4 size. Bring extra photos of any details especially any features in shade. These extra pictures can be printed out or you can work form your digital device.

• Watercolour paint - blue (phthalo or cobalt or ultramarine), yellow ochre, Payne’s grey, burnt sienna, buff titanium. If you have any flowers in bloom bring appropriate colours for those. Pans or tubes of watercolours are fine.

• Smooth watercolour paper – for example Cass Art A4 hot pressed (HP) smooth 300gsm or similar. You will need a  sheet for the painting and another for testing colours and masking fluid. Smooth watercolour paper is often called “hot pressed”.

• Watercolour brushes – small round number 2, medium round number 6. A small flat number 2 is useful for brickwork

• Fine waterproof black pen eg Staedtler Pigment liner 0.3

• Pencil, sharpener, eraser

• Mixing palette

• A packed lunch

  If you have the following please bring them otherwise Janina will have some spares you can borrow.

• Masking fluid

• Dip pen

• Tracing paper

• Carbon or tracedown or graphite paper

Included on the day:

• Any other materials not specified for the students to bring

• Expert tuition

• 1 to 1 guidance

• Detailed demonstrations

• A selection of tea, freshly brewed coffee, biscuits and delicious cakes. If you have any specific dietary requirements or allergies, please feel free to bring along your own provisions/milk alternatives etc

And of course you take your wonderful creations from the day. If you share any photographs of your day here and/or your finished work, we’d love to see them so please tag us @micklemsfarmcreativeworkshops or use the hashtag #micklemsfarmcreativeworkshops.

Terms - Fee is payable on booking. If, having booked, you can no longer attend, we are unable to offer a refund or transfer you to another workshop. However, you may nominate someone else to attend the workshop or class in your place by notifying us using the contact page on the Micklems Farm website. We reserve the right to cancel a workshop up to 48 hours prior to the workshop date. We will only cancel due to insufficient places sold and you will be refunded the full amount paid.

Number of students: 10